They are kind, zen and can bend in places you’re not sure should bend. And when they are not dragging you to the latest Mysore, Ashtanga or Iyengar class, they are sharing their latest health food restaurant or favorite tea. The calming voice in a hectic world, thank goodness for our ...

Books, stories, blogs are written and movies are shot, about the style of the Parisian woman. There’s something about the idea of never have the pressure to look perfect but always pretend to be – that makes French style so alluring. When we think about la Parisienne , we think about ...

Biodegradability comes up a lot when we talk about sustainable fashion. The prevailing belief seems to be that if a fabric is made with natural fibers , it is ‘biodegradable’ and, if it’s biodegradable , then it must be sustainable. But there are a few problems with that logic: First,...

Finally, the world’s elephants and other endangered species are getting some much needed support, albeit from unlikely places. Yesterday marked World Elephant Day and seven major social media and e-commerce companies joined forces to adopt standards set jointly by the World Wildlife F...

Last weekend top designers, industry professionals and thought leaders gathered in London for the fifth annual Fashion Africa Conference created by Africa Fashion Guide . This year’s theme ‘The African Market’ focused on both design and the African marketplace. From insightful present...

What if you could buy affordable, stylish menswear, they were made in fair-trade conditions and provided jobs to working mothers in Africa, and, what if the impact of your purchase also helped children go to school? And, what if it was as easy as going to Bloomingdales? UNIFORM – a ne...

On this day, in 2014, going to work to make clothes led to the death of 1,134 people and injuries to another 2,500 in what is considered the deadliest garment-factory accident in history . The Rana Plaza complex, in Dhaka, Bangladesh was an eight-story commercial building with a probl...

Open any business magazine and it seems like the technology and health industries are moving at the speed of light. In 2016, so is fashion. Between fabric recycling technologies, closed-loop strategies and new business models, fashion is at the forefront of its biggest shakeup ever. H...